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Question	Answer	% Correct
On what river is Cairo situated?	Nile	99%
What Cairo suburb is home to the "Great Pyramid"?	Giza	98%
What Tennessean city shares its name with an ancient Egyptian capital in Metro Cairo?	Memphis	92%
Either Cairo or what city is Africa's biggest city, depending on how you measure?	Lagos	78%
What is the closest world capital to Cairo?	Jerusalem	75%
What international body is headquartered in Cairo?	Arab {League}	65%
Put on your thinking cap ... What is the tallest structure in Cairo and Egypt?	{Cairo} Tower	61%
What city square was the site of massive protests during the Arab Spring?	Tahrir Square	56%
What Egyptian President was assassinated in 1981 in Cairo?	Anwar Sadat	52%
Cairo's Al-Azhar University is world's second-oldest institution of higher learning. In what North African city is world's oldest located?	Fez	37%
What chivalrous nemesis of the Crusaders built the Cairo Citadel?	Saladin	34%
What is the Arabic pronunciation of the city?	al-{Qāhirah}	27%
What is the nickname of Cairo?	The City of a Thousand {Minarets}	27%
Cairo's name in Arabic means "the Conqueror", which is supposedly named after what object in our solar system - known as "the Conquering Star" in Arabic?	Mars	24%
What historic caliphate established Cairo in 969?	Fatimid Caliphate	19%
What famous bazaar is one of Cairo's main tourist attractions?	Khan el-{Khalili}	19%
The opening and closing scenes of what 2016 X-Men movie took place in Cairo?	X-Men: {Apocalypse}	19%
What island in that river is the above located, and is Cairo's most populous one?	Gezira Island	9%
What U.S. state capital became Egypt's first sister city in 1951?	Baton Rouge	5%
What will the new Egyptian capital replacing Cairo reportedly be named?	Wedian	5%